Henry leber



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Churn.

Patented Sept. 1.5, 1868..

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lll-Ilm Vm HENRY LEBER, OF B'ELLFAIR MILLS, VIRGINIA.

Letters Parem1v0..82,235, dated September 15, 1868 IMPROVMEN T IN GHURNS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY LEBER, of Bellfair Mills, in the county of Stafford, and State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefil Improvement n Churns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, suiicient to enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to fully understand and use the same, reference being had' to the accompanying drawings, making part of the specification. in which- Figure I is a central vertical section in the line x x, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view.

Figure 3 is a detached view ofthe paddles.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding'parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in so attaching a series of paddles. to a rotating,` shaft,that the cream will-be subjected to such a variety of motion as tofproduce the greatest quantity of butter in the-shortest possible time. as will be hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents a box or body of the churn, of suitableiform and size, and provided with a proper lid, B.

C is a shaft, mounted Within the box, on its side, so as to permit its ready rotation, and has secured to one of its projecting ends a crank or handle, D, for operation thereof.

E represents the paddles or loats, which consist of pieces of wood or other material, in the form 'of rightangle triangles.

They* are secured to tiie shaft C at their'pointed end, so that their lbases shall face outwardly, and are arranged or located upon said shaft in alternate ranks, and so that the oblique angles shallbe reversed', that is, inclined in opposite direction.

The great advantage of this arrangement is that'the cream is subjected to such a variety of motion that the greatest quantity ofbutter is, produced from the cream, and in from three to ten minutes, more or less, the cream being of proper temperature.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described triangular form of paddles, arranged in alternate ranks, inv opposite position, as relates to'their angles upon the shaft,'as herein shown and described.

` HENRY LEBER. Witnesses:

A. DELOZIER,

B. WILLIAMS. 

